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"URBI ET ORBI" MESSAGEOF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCISCHRISTMAS 2017Central Loggia of the Vatican BasilicaMonday, 25 December 2017 Dear Brothers and Sisters, Happy Christmas!In Bethlehem, Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary. He was born, not by the will of man, but by the gift of the love of God our Father, who “so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (Jn 3:16).This event is...

(Vatican Radio) The organisers of the recently concluded International Consultation Group for Justice, Corruption, Organized Crime and Mafias, sponsored by the Holy See's Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, have released a document detailing the outcomes of their work.Listen to our report: Below, please find the full text of the Outcome Document, in its official English translation**********************************************Outcome document...

Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has written a letter to the organisers of next year’s World Meeting of Families, who presented the event at the Vatican press office on Thursday morning.The Meeting is scheduled to take place in Dublin, Ireland from August 21st to 26th 2018 on the theme ‘The Gospel of the Family: joy to the world”.Listen to Philippa Hitchen’s report: In the letter addressed to Cardinal Kevin Farrell, head of the new Vatican office for Laity,...

(Vatican Radio) A newly published book dedicated to Chapter 8 of Pope Francis’s Post Synodal Apostolic Exhortation “Amoris Laetitia” was presented on Tuesday in the Vatican.Written by Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, the 30-page booklet, is published by LEV, the Vatican publishing house.Presenting the book, Father Maurizio Gronchi, theologian, professor at Rome’s Pontifical...